Whippetmom photography

moved...

2009-12-07T14:41:00.000-08:00

Please see the new blog for Elizabeth Behm photography....

Exciting "news"

2009-11-17T19:19:00.000-08:00

I've had 3 recent portfolio building sessions that I'm so excited about. I finally put myself out there and decided to offer sessions for free while I'm skill building. And so far the response has been great. I can't wait to share some of the pictures!

I may be moving the blog soon to it's official named blog, Elizabeth Behm photography, super creative I know!
But that's a work in progress, so for now I'll post sneak peeks here as well as share my other photos I take.

It's a big week coming up with the holidays, and two fun sessions at home. I'm so excited!

tutu sweet!

2009-11-14T12:19:00.000-08:00

big blue eyes.

2009-11-07T18:32:00.001-08:00

original crop, originally uploaded by whippetmomphotography.

She was just enjoying herself at the park...I love the colors in this one.

Click on the photo to bring up the big version (flickr resizes!! grr!)

loving my new lens!

2009-11-07T18:31:00.001-08:00

Gavin's tree "house", originally uploaded by whippetmomphotography.

This was taken with my new 28-75 f/2.8 lens (I'm in love!).

And Gavin was actually excited about taking pictures. It was great!

tractor fun.

2009-10-27T19:22:00.000-07:00

My sweet son having a blast on the antique tractors at a pumpkin patch we visited!

window to the soul.

2009-10-23T20:21:00.000-07:00

I love that if you look close enough (at full size) I am reflected in Ellie's eyes...this is an old one I just now got around to finding/editing. I took these for her four month pictures.

fungus (among us)

2009-10-22T20:12:00.000-07:00

With all the rain my parents have had this past month (well over 12 inches), it was no surprise to find so many fungi hanging out in the woods.

The third picture is the creepiest to me(those are called Indian pipes, because well, they look like Indian pipes). I had never seen those before...and had to practically lay down in the mud to take that picture, they aren't very big at all!)

(still) more trains.

2009-10-22T18:12:00.000-07:00

more trains.

2009-10-22T13:34:00.000-07:00

A few more of the train pictures I tried to upload last night, more to come!

trains. sneak peek.

2009-10-21T22:33:00.000-07:00

These abandoned (sort of- they're waiting to be scrapped) passenger cars are parked near my hometown, my brother and I went out to take a few pictures.

My favorite part was the broken out windows reflecting the color from the surrounding woods.

And that's all for tonight- because blogger lost my upload of the other 10 or more train pictures :( Maybe tomorrow I'll get a chance to upload them (again!).

father and son.

2009-10-09T21:50:00.001-07:00

father and son., originally uploaded by whippetmomphotography.

found this little gem, hidden and forgotten about.
could be my most favorite picture of my husband and son.
what a fun surprise!

*when I blog from flickr for whatever reason- it resizes pictures, be sure to click on the picture to see the real version!*

boys will be boys.

2009-10-08T20:01:00.000-07:00

This picture just about sums up my son... Usually covered in dirt and saying Wow about some creature or another that he has found (a grub in this case).

swirly clouds

2009-10-08T19:24:00.001-07:00

swirly clouds, originally uploaded by whippetmomphotography.

So glad I captured these. They remind me of Van Gogh's Starry Night.

white balance gone bad.

2009-10-07T11:13:00.000-07:00

I think I salvaged it into a pretty okay picture, but my white balance was still set to florescent from taking pictures inside Build a Bear. The sky was grey anyways, but it took forever to get skin tones to not look purple. Grr to not checking the shot before moving on!!

favorite things.

2009-10-01T20:29:00.000-07:00

Gromit really is my most photogenic model. He just seems to love having his picture taken. Here he was trying to get me to throw the ball for him. again.

Okay Okay...I'll throw the ball!

Yay!

I'm going to work on panning shots with Gromit this weekend hopefully- no luck yet with figuring it out.

more night blooming cereus

2009-09-29T20:08:00.001-07:00

IMG_8824, originally uploaded by whippetmomphotography.

My night blooming cereus has bloomed again, the first time I missed it because I was on vacation. It's got several more blooms set to open in the morning, so maybe I can rearrange things a bit and not have such a distracting background.

(not so) elusive butterflies.

2009-09-28T18:41:00.000-07:00

I have had phenomenal luck with butterflies lately. They love my patch of zinnias and haven't minded the little boy throwing dirt at them or trying to catch them (so far!)

accidentally deleted my settings on this one by editing it :(

This one was lucky, it positioned itself next to our house (white stucco) and made for an uncluttered background.

Tv Mode : 1/125 f/7.1 18-55mm at 55mm

Tv Mode: 1/125 f/8 @ 55mm

Tv Mode: 1/125 f/8 55mm

Monarch

Av Mode 1/250 f/5.6 @ 55mm

Av Mode 1/250 f/5.6 @55mm

All these butterflies are making me wish for a macro lens!! And I think I like shooting in Av mode more for these shots, the depth of field is better for sure, but the monarch also was a lot slower than the unknown first butterfly!!

Feeble zoom burst attempt

2009-09-24T22:06:00.001-07:00

zinnia zoom burst, originally uploaded by whippetmomphotography.

Took a stab at zoom burst with this shot. It's the only one that turned out sort of good. Not sure on settings right now, but was shooting with my 55-250mm.

Bugs and butterflies.

2009-09-21T19:38:00.000-07:00

Got out my 55-250mm today, I don't use it much but the sun was finally out and I got a few pictures of critters in my flowers.

Shutter priority Tv mode 55mm 1/250 f/5.6

Shutter priority Tv mode 55mm 1/250 f/7.1

Shutter priority Tv mode 55mm 1/250 f/6.3

eyes.

2009-09-18T21:16:00.000-07:00

I have such a hard time focusing on eyes. Mostly Gavin. Ellie doesn't move fast enough yet, so I'm able to capture her eyes fairly well.

Shot with my 50mm f/1.8

Manual at 1/50 SS

f/1.8

ISO 400

WB: Cloudy (because it's still raining!)

Gavin refuses to open his eyes for me- but I did get this one :

If only he would smile. :(

This was also with my 50mm

A/E Mode, 1/800 SS

f/1.8

ISO 200

WB: Cloudy

I'm still auto-focusing, I can manual focus with Ellie, for now, but Gavin is too quick. I'm rotating between selecting one set focus point or toggling around while shooting. I think I like set points but it limits my composition...grumble grumble.

Oh well, it's fun to practice on them anyways.

Gromit is one of my favorite models, he stays very very still (for any dog, much less a whippet!)

Another 50mm (I said it was my favorite!)

A/E Mode

1/2500 SS

f/1.8

ISO 200

WB: Daylight (proof the sun does occasionally come out here!)

Night blooming cereus

2009-09-12T08:10:00.000-07:00

While I was visiting my parents', their night blooming cereus cactus was outdoing itself with blossoms. You have to be up early to catch these blooms, they fade fast as the sun rises. These were some of my first totally manual exposures. Using my 55-250mm lens here.

Brown widow spider.

2009-09-10T20:50:00.000-07:00

We have a slight spider problem at our house. This is one of many brown widow spiders I've found around our garage/porches this summer. Pretty to look at and then spray to death. Sorry spiders. Go live somewhere where there's not a little boy that wants to poke at every bug he sees!

More to come.

2009-09-10T13:46:00.000-07:00

I've decided to do a photography blog, just to share my photos that are of less interest to family and friends (because they probably will not be of the kids!)

Night blooming cereus cactus bloom